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The culmination of Orbán’s project came after the 2015 migrant crisis, where he positioned himself as a defender of Christian values against what he described as Europe’s self-destructive immigration policies. He built border defenses, drawing parallels with similar nativist sentiments rising in the United States under Donald Trump.

The Attraction to the American Right

Orbán’s actions resonated with an American conservative audience increasingly disenchanted with traditional liberal values. His assault on liberal democratic principles—such as dismantling independent judiciary powers, restricting the media, and creating an electoral landscape that favors his party—became a model for some in the Republican Party.